WILCOX-HILDRETH UPPER ELEMENTARY

WILCOX-HILDRETH UPPER ELEMENTARY, a micro-enrollment K-5 school in HILDRETH, Nebraska, run under WILCOX-HILDRETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 45 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

WILCOX-HILDRETH UPPER ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by WILCOX-HILDRETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that enrolls 236 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WILCOX-HILDRETH UPPER ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,195 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Franklin County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 331 students), of which WILCOX-HILDRETH UPPER ELEMENTARY is one.

WILCOX-HILDRETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 60 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 100% to 93% over that span.

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